The letters indicate where the coin has been minted. Germany has 5 companies that mint the coins. Coins with an A on them have been minted in Berlin, the ones with a D in München, the ones with an F in Stuttgart, the ones with a G in Karlsruhe and the ones with a J in Hamburg.

Of all the words of mice and men, the saddest are 'It might have been.' - Kurt Vonnegut

IF you'd like to get the Estonian coins straight away and not wait for them to come across from circulation, you can order them from the Estonian Post at their nominal value 3.88 € plus shipping. I did, and it cost 6.15 € (and I guess it's the same to any EU country).

Craft wrote:IF you'd like to get the Estonian coins straight away and not wait for them to come across from circulation, you can order them from the Estonian Post at their nominal value 3.88 € plus shipping. I did, and it cost 6.15 € (and I guess it's the same to any EU country).

Definetly, I would have to do something like that, as I don't expect such coins to come all across Europe from to (I still haven't found any coin in circulation from or even . Just a 20cent coin from ). Maybe at busy places & airports it may be different though. Anyway: coins in my collection are from swaps. (ie: I send Spanish coins and the other user of the forum sends me a coin from his/her country. )